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: a radio or radar set that upon receiving a certain signal emits a radio signal and that is used to locate and identify objects and in satellites to relay communications signals

1transport verb 1 : to convey from one place to another

2 : to carry away by strong emotion : ENRAPTURE

3 : to send to a penal colony overseas

— trans·port·er noun

Synonyms

[1] consign, dispatch, pack, send, ship, transfer, transmit—more at SEND

[1] bear, carry, cart, convey, ferry, haul, lug, pack, tote—more at CARRY

[2] carry away, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, ravish—more at ENTRANCE

[3] banish, deport, displace, exile, expatriate—more at BANISH

2transport noun 1 : an act of transporting

2 : strong or intensely pleasurable emotion <~s of joy>

3 : a ship used in transporting troops or supplies; also : a vehicle (as a truck or plane) used to transport persons or goods

Synonyms

[2] ecstasy, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, heaven, intoxication, paradise, rapture, rhapsody—more at ECSTASY

[3] conveyance, vehicle—more at CONVEYANCE

trans·por·ta·tion noun 1 : an act, process, or instance of transporting or being transported

2 : means of conveyance or travel from one place to another

trans·pose verb trans·posed; trans·pos·ing 1 : to change the position or sequence of <~ the letters in a word>

2 : to write or perform (a musical composition) in a different key

— trans·po·si·tion noun

trans·sex·u·al noun : a person who psychologically identifies with the opposite sex and may seek to live as a member of this sex esp. by undergoing surgery to modify the external sex organs

trans·ship verb : to transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another

— trans·ship·ment noun

tran·sub·stan·ti·a·tion noun : the change in the eucharistic elements from the substance of bread and wine to the substance of the body of Christ with only the appearances of bread and wine remaining

trans·verse adjective : lying across : set crosswise

— transverse noun

trans·verse·ly adverb : in a transverse direction or line

Synonyms

athwart, crosswise, obliquely—more at CROSSWISE

trans·ves·tite noun : a person and esp. a male who adopts the dress and often the behavior of the opposite sex

— transvestite adjective

— trans·ves·tism noun

1trap noun 1 : a device for catching animals

2 : something by which one is caught unawares; also : a situation from which escape is difficult or impossible

3 : a machine for throwing clay pigeons into the air; also : SAND TRAP

4 : a light one-horse carriage on springs

5 : a device to allow some one thing to pass through while keeping other things out

6 plural : a group of percussion instruments (as in a dance orchestra)

Synonyms

ambush, net, snare, web; also entanglement, entrapment; booby trap, catch, hazard, pitfall, snag; deception, ploy, ruse, subterfuge, trick

ambush, surprise—more at AMBUSH

2trap verb trapped; trap·ping 1 : to catch in or as if in a trap; also : CONFINE

2 : to provide or set (a place) with traps

3 : to set traps for animals esp. as a business

— trap·per noun

Synonyms

confine, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, mesh, snare, tangle—more at ENTANGLE

trap·door noun : a lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a floor or roof

tra·peze noun : a gymnastic apparatus consisting of a horizontal bar suspended by two parallel ropes

trap·e·zoid noun [ORIGIN: NL trapezoïdes, fr. Gk trapezoeidēs trapezoidal, fr. trapeza table, fr. tra- four + peza foot]

: a 4-sided polygon with exactly two sides parallel

— trap·e·zoi·dal adjective

trap·pings noun plural 1 : CAPARISON 1

2 : outward decoration or dress; also : outward sign <~ of success>

traps noun plural : personal belongings : LUGGAGE

trap·shoot·ing noun : shooting at clay pigeons sprung from a trap into the air away from the shooter

1trash noun 1 a : something of little worth : RUBBISH

b : empty talk : NONSENSE

2 a : a worthless person

b : such persons as a group : RIFFRAFF